Scenario: You have been commissioned by a newly formed online streaming company to research, propose and write a script for a feature length production. After seeing the success of Netflix, this new company wishes to follow suit by producing popular, original material for the on demand online market as a viable alternative to the traditional exhibition strategies of the major motion picture industry. Based on your successful pitch, you have been asked to follow this up with a screenplay for your feature length production to be assessed by the in house company script editors.
TASK
The assignment will be presented in the format of a script, written using the master scene script format, which is the accepted presentation format of screenplays in the motion picture industry. The script should provide a suitable extract from your envisaged full length feature (there is no necessity to script the full film). The script should demonstrate:
- An understanding of appropriate conventions
- Competency in showing imagination/creativity
- Clearly have a specific purpose (i.e. clearly linked to a genre and potential audience via the suitable use of codes and conventions)
- Your ability to work independently to professional expectations
Your screenplay should run to approximately 2000 words.
- The script shall be edited, formatted and complete on a Word document -
These are screenshots of the script.
